E aʻo e pili ana i kēiaʻanoʻano o kaʻahaʻaina
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e maopopo i keʻano o ka hua'ōlelo "Thaliʻai," e hoʻomaopopo aʻe i kēiaʻano pilinaʻano Indian e like me kēia hōʻike. E hoʻomanaʻo i ke kumu o ka hua'ōlelo a me nā hōʻailona.
He aha ka manaʻo o Thali?
Ke waiho waleʻia,ʻo Thali he hua'ōlelo Hindiʻo ia hoʻi, "ʻo kahi pāpale nui." I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua pāhola ka manaʻo o ka hua'ōlelo. Ua lilo ia i mea hoʻohana maʻalahi no keʻano o kaʻaiʻana ma India.
Me ka manaʻo o ia,ʻo Thali ka pāʻina e pili ana i nā kīʻaha likeʻole (meaʻai a pau a me ka meaʻaiʻole), hoʻohanaʻia ma nā ipu liʻiliʻi i kapaʻia (Katori in Hindi) i hoʻonohonohoʻia i kahi Thali, aiʻole i kahi pā. I ka pōkole, heʻai nuiʻo Thali i kahi pāpale hoʻokahi!
Hoʻomoʻaʻia kekahi pāpale pālahalaha, raiki, pihila, salame, a me ka meaʻai, e like me ka berena (e like me nā chapatis). ʻO ka manawaʻainaʻo Thali, no lailaʻaʻoleʻoe e koho i nā meaʻai i hōʻikeʻia ma ke pā. Akā,ʻo kaʻoi aku o nā manawa, i nā haleʻaina Indian maikaʻi loa,ʻo ia ka "mea a pau eʻai ai" me nā mea lawelawe e hoʻomau ana iāʻoe a hiki i ka pihaʻana. E noʻonoʻo i ka laweʻana o ka pāʻani i ka American style buffet, a iā Thaliʻoe!
Ka Hoʻonohonohoʻana iā Thali
No ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā mea, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i kekahi ma kahi pāʻinaʻaina a iʻole kekahi mea'ē aʻe. Inā makemakeʻoe, e nānā i nā manaʻo no nā Thali ma lalo nei. Ua like nā manaʻo i ka lawelawe maikaʻiʻia ma Thali aʻaʻoleʻole. Eʻike i ka hoʻonohonohoʻana o nā papa i nā kumuhana, e like me kaʻiʻo, iʻa, meaʻaiʻole paha.
- Inā he mea moa moa , e noʻonoʻo i kahi pāpale Thali. Hiki i ke pā ke hoʻokomo i ka laikiʻo Jeera , kaʻai a naanā , Kaali Daal , ka moa mūmū , ka mea hānaiʻo Saagwala , Dahi Baingan , pickle, a me ka saladi. A hanaʻo Ialebi i meaʻala nui loa no kēia pā. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ināʻikeʻoe i kāu meaʻai India, eʻoluʻoluʻoe e hoʻoponopono i kāu pāʻani.
- Inā makemakeʻoe i kahi ola maikaʻi o Thali aʻoluʻolu wale i ka iʻa , e noʻonoʻo i kahi iʻa Thali. Hiki i kēia papa ke hoʻokomo i ka lawai iʻa , kaʻokiʻoki iʻa , ke kāpelu kāpili , poppadums, pihi, a me ka salakeke. Pākuʻi i kahi Shahi Anjir ice cream no ka meaʻai! Eia hou, inā uaʻike muaʻoe i ka India, e hele e hana i kāu pāʻani. Ināʻaʻohe nui kāuʻaina awakea, e noʻonoʻo e noi i kāu mau malihini no nā hōʻailona o nā meaʻai a lākou e makemake e hoʻokomoʻia ma Thali.
- Ināʻaʻoleʻoe eʻai i ka moa a iʻole i ka iʻa,ʻo Thali ka mea kanu meaʻai āu e hele ai e pā. Hiki i kēia pālahalaha ke komo i ka meaʻai, Malai Kofta , Shahi Daal , Baingan Ka Bharta , pīkī, a me ka saladi. I luna o kēia Thai maikaʻi a maikaʻi, e lawelawe iā Gulab Jamun no ka meaʻai! E aloha auaneʻi kāu mau malihini i kēia pāla,ʻoiai, inā he poʻe meaʻai meaʻai lākou,ʻo nā kānaka o nāʻano likeʻole o ka'āinaʻo India, he poʻeʻoihana Hindu, Jainism, a me Buddhism.
Ma muli o ka nui o kāu pāʻinaʻaina,ʻaʻoleʻoe e kaohi iāʻoe iho i kahi pālani Thali. Hiki iāʻoe keʻahaʻaina me nā hāmama a Thalis.